Coin and paper-ticket fare-box.



0. B. WHISTLER.

COIN AND PAPER TICKET FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1!,1916. 1,234,705. Patented July 24,

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com AND PAPER TICKET FARE BOX.

I APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1916. 1,234,705. Patented July 24, 1917.

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INVEN TOR.

D. B. WHISTLER.

COIN AND PAPER TICKET FARE BOX.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 19:6. 1,234,705. Patented July 24, 1917.

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D. B. WHISTLER.

COIN AND PAPER TICKET FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11.1916.

Patented July 24, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

DAVID B. WHISTLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN RAILV/AYSEQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO A GGRPORATION OF OHIO.

COIN AND PAPEE- ICKET FARE-BOX.

Application filed July 11, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. HUSTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Coin andPaper-Ticket Fare-Boxes, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in combination coin and paperticket registering fare boxes for use on street cars operated on theprepayment system of fare collection, and has for its object to providea fare box that will meet all requirements, in a single machine, of fareregister, fare box and ticket handling device.

The present construction is a modification of the invention which formsthe subject matter of my copending application for Letters Patent SerialNo. 108,855, filed July 10, 1916; the two inventions being alike in themain objects attained, but difl ering materially in the construction ofthe coin and paper ticket receiving and separating mechanism.

The fundamental idea of the invention, as in the case of the earlierapplication, is to provide a unitary machine upon which all fares may beregistered, and through which all money-value fares may be collected andmechanically safeguarded without intermediate handling. To this end thefare box is provided with the usual money counter to register the valueof cash fares; also with a trip-passenger counter and a total-passengercounter, the trippassenger counter indicating at all times registrationof the full passenger load, and the total-passenger counter serving as abasis to check operations from one conductor, to another, or from oneday to another. Transfers, passes, etc., are collccted over the box butare registered on the box the same as coins and tickets paid into thebox, the registering mechanism being actuated once for each fare paid ofwhatever kind.

The combination of fare register and fare box meets every requirement,in a single machine. of the double check system of fare collection,without the use of the overhead fare register, as is now commonpractice, and, therefore, simplifies the work of con ductors by havingall fares registered on one Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1917.

Serial No. 108,684.

machine instead of two. The conductors attention is not divided betweenfares paid into the fare box and fares rung-up on the fare register, andthe opportunities for misses of fares, errors of registration, and otherirregularities, whether voluntary or involuntary, which cause much lossto railway companies, are materially reduced.

To be able to collect paper tickets through the fare box with equalfacility and with the same safeguards as cash fares is an improvement ofgreat importance in fare collection. It adapts the registering fare boxto the regular form of ticket fares, approved by both railway companiesand the public and established by long and general usage. The fullestdegree of protect-ion is thus obtained as all money-value fares are paiddirect into the fare box without intermediate handling, and fullcollection and full accounting of the fares is assured. This higherdevelopment of the fare box, combined with the features of a fareregister, makes checking by inspection possible by the same methods aswith a fare register. An inspector upon entering a car can check theregistrations upon the fare box trippassenger register against thepassenger load and make all other observations in the usual manner, asby observing the number of passengers entering and leaving the car inconnection with the registration of fares, he has full check of thesituation.

The mechanism employed in the present invention is of simple, durableconstruction, and in every way well adapted to the purposes intendedunder the conditions and exigencies of use to which it is to besubmitted. The respective groups of the mechanism are connected in sucha manner as not to be easily rendered out of adjustment. No intricate ordelicate parts are used and ample provision is made in all otherrespects to insure against breakage. lVhile a preferred form ofconstruction has been used. it is obvious. of course, that variousmodifications of the mechanism will occur to persons skilled in the artwithout departing from the spirit of the invention, and I wish it to beunderstood therefore, that I do not consider the invention limited tothe exact construction shown.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view of the farebox showing the operating mechanism in elevation, Fig,

2 is a sectional view, in elevation, of the mechanism taken on the line:v of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the mechanism with the upperpart of the receiving box broken away. Fig. 4 is the stationary memberof the coin and ticket separating device, showing the concaved,apertured walls and the ribs which prevent tickets lying upon the bottomof the concaved surface. Fig. is a perspective view of the operablemember of the coin and ticket separating device, showing the aperturedwall and the teeth on the convexed surface thereof which serve to engagethe tickets when same are positioned upon the ribbed wall of thestationary member shown in Fig. 4, and remove them from the separatingdevice. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the coin positioning tubes, andthe mechanism to discharge the coins from the tubes and to control theregistrations upon the total cash counter. Fig. 7 is a detail elevationof the total cash counter and its actuator mechanism which forms part ofthe group of mechanism shown'in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail perspectiveview of the coin tubes, and Fig. 9 is a detail view of the shaftassembly carrying the total passenger counter actuator. Figs. 6, 7, 8and 9 are re duced in size more than the other figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the box or case in which the main partof the fare box mechanism is contained; 2 is the top cover of the case,and the base for the fare receiving and examination box 3 which isrectangular in shape, and is formed of cap piece 4 which. has an opening5 through which coin and ticket fares may be paid into the box, andframe members 6 which support glass walls 7 through which fares in box 3may be visually examined. Within the inclosure formed by case 1 andcover 2 are main frames 8 of the mechanism which are supported in thewalls of case 1 by bolts 9 extending through case 1 from side to sideand supported in the walls thereof. In the upper part of the machine,located between frames 8, are two trough-shaped members 10 and 11 which,in their assembled relation as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, form the coin andticket separating device. Part 10 is rigidly secured to frames 8 and issuspended between the upper walls of the frames in substantially ahorizontal plane with the trough turned up, so that it constitutes areceptacle or housing to receive fares and is provided with bearings 12to receive shafts 13 of part- 11 which, being of smaller size than part10, is arranged within the trough of part 10 and also has the troughturned up. Part 10 is further provided with ribs 14 running crosswise ofthe inner walls of the trough and spaced to form relatively widechannels or grooves, and

with apertures 15 extending through the walls thereof. Part 11 isprovided with teeth 16 and apertures 17 and with a stud 17*. hen parts10 and 11 are assembled and have the relation shown in Figs. 1 and 2,the apertures of both parts are in alinement, and the teeth of part 11project into the rooves formed between the ribs of part 10, for purposeswhich will presently be described. Rotation of part 10 is accomplishedthrough the train of gears'18, 19, 21, 22, and 23; gear 18 being securedto operating crank 24 by .means of stud 25, sleeve 26 and screw 27.Gears 21, 22 and 23 are located on the rear frame 8, gear 21 beingconnected to gear 19 located on the front frame 8, by shaft 28. Gear 23is secured to the protruding end of inner shaft 13 of part 11, gear'22being an intermediate between gears 21 and 23 to give the desireddirect-ion of rotation to part 11. Gears 21 and 23 are in the ratio of 1to 4 so that one turn of operating handle 24 will cause one-quarter turnof the fare separating member 11. Also meshing with gear 23 isintermediate gear 32, connected with drive gear 31 which is secured toshaft of fare guard wheel 29 contained within the walls of the farereceiving box 3. The bottom of the receiving box is formed of dropplates 33 secured to and swinging upon shafts 34 which are provided witharms 35 connected with trip arm 36 by means of links 37. Plates 33 arenormally held in raised position by springs 38, and the free end of triparm 36 lies in the path of stud 17 carried in the end wall of part 11.

In the operation of the fare box, crank 24 is given one complete turnfor each fare collected, whether the fare is a coin or ticket paid intothe box, or a transfer, or pass, etc., collected over the box, theoperation is the same, which, through the gear train described, causesthe fare separating member 11 to be rotated one-quarter turn and thefare guard wheel one-half turn at each operation of the crank, andcauses lug17' to contact with trip arm 36 upon every fourth turn of thecrank; the trip arm being moved to the left by the further travel of pin17, causes plates 33, through connecting links 37 and arms 35, to bedrawn down to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Faresdeposited into the opening 5 are thus positively delivered intoreceiving box 3 by partial rotation of guard wheel 29, and fall uponplates 33 where they remain, exposed for visual examination through theglass walls of the box, during the interval of four operations of crank24. When plates 33 are moved to the lowered position, any fares thereonwill fall into the trough of separating member 11 which upon each fourthturn of the operating crank will be positioned substantially horizontalbetween the frames with'the trough turned up to receive the fares asthey fall from the plates. When part 11 is in the position described,the apertures in parts 10 and 11 are in alinement and, being of suitablesize to permit the passing of coins but to prevent the passing oftickets, the coins gravitate therethrough and the tickets are retainedin the trough of part 11 until the second and third operations of thecrank when the trough will be inverted and the tickets therein will fallinto the trough of part 10, and lie suspended above the bottom of thetrough upon ribs 14 until the fourth operation of the crank when part 11will again be moved into the first described relation with part 10 andthe tickets will be engaged by teeth 16 and pushed out of trough 10 intothe ticket canceling devices. The ticket canceling devices compriseperforating and ink-canceling rolls 39 supported upon shafts 40, andoperated through gear train 18, 41, 42 and 43. The canceling rolls aresupplied with ink from ink roll 44 supported in frame 45. Ad justment ofthe canceling rolls is provided for by means of set screws 47, and theink roll is held in contact therewith by tension of spring 46. Thetickets after they have passed through the canceling devices aredelivered into the ticket storage box C which may be locked to preventaccess to the canceled tickets except to authorized persons.

The coins that pass through the apertures of the separating members 10and 11 are delivered into a rectangular-shaped coin separating device48, having baflle plates 49 and apertured partition plates 50 and 51,the device resting upon four rocker arms 52, 52, 53 and 53, the arms 52and 52 being secured to and rocking with shaft 54, and arms 53 and 53being loosely mounted and rocking upon shaft 55. Movement is imparted tothe coin separatingdevice from crank 24 through gears 18 and 41 whichhas secured to its outer face an eccentric cam 56 connected with theupper end of pitman arm 57 by means of rollers 58 secured to the pitman;the lower end of the pitman being secured to arm 59 pinned to shaft 54.Operation of crank 24 causes vibratory movement of the coin separatingdevice 48, and coins falling upon the upper baflie plate 49 will beshaken over the lower edge thereof upon plate 50, the apertures in whichare too small to permit nickels, the largest size coin to be handledthrough the fare box, to pass therethrough, but large enough to permitpennies and dimes and any other coins smaller than a nickel, to passtherethrough and fall upon lower baffle plate 49, from which by thecontinued rocking motion of the separator, the coins will fall over theedge of the plate upon plate 51 in which the apertures are too small forpennies but large enough for dimes to pass through and fall upon thebottom plate 49 of the separator.

Nickels are discharged from plate 50 through an opening in the wall ofthe separator, into coin tube 60, and, in like manner, dimes aredischarged from plate 49 into coin tube 61. Pennies are discharged fromplate 51 through an opening in the rear wall of the separator, into coinbox B which may be locked to prevent access to the pennies except toauthorized persons. The openings in the walls of the coin separatingdevice through which the coins are discharged from the separator aregraduated to approximately the thickness of the respective coins toprevent mutilated coins and foreign objects thicker than the coins frompassing through the separator into the registering mechanism wherebreakage of the mechanism might occur by becoming obstructed by theirregular-shaped objects.

The registering mechanism and counter construction shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 3 is substantially the same as that shown and described in mycopending application above mentioned and does not form in its detailconstruction any part of the subject matter of the claims of thisapplication. However, counter mechanism to register the fares as theyare paid into the fare box cooperates with the separating devices, and Ihave, therefore, shown enough of the detail counter mechanism to producean operative construction. As above explained, every fare is registeredon the fare box immediately as collected by means of operating handle24, which transmits registering movement through gear train 18, 19, 20which is integral of gear 19, 20, 21 and 22 to the units wheel of thetotal passenger counter D; and through gear train 18, 19, 20, 20, 23 and24 to the units wheel of the trip-passenger counter E; one unit beingregistered upon each of said counters at each turn of handle 24. Coinsare registered from tubes 60 and 61 by being removed from the tubes bythe lateral movements of the coin discharge arm 62 which is actuated bycylindrical cam 63 secured to shaft which has secured to its outer endgear 19. forming part of gear train 18, 19. 19 and 19 to which movementis imparted from operating crank The arm discharges nickels and dimesfrom tubes 60 and 61 alternately, the coins as they are removed from thebottom of the tubes contact with the free end of register control arm 65which tl rough connecting arm 66 moves the counter actuator 67 intooperative relation with the units wheel of money counter F: operatingmovement being transmitted t the counter actuator from operating handle24 through gear train 18, 19. 19 and 19 secured to shaft 68 upon whichcounter actuator 67 is slidablv secured. The actuator has two sets ofactuators, of one tooth and two teeth, and the units wheel of the moneycounter F has the figures 05 in series of ten upon its periphery so thatregistration upon the counter will be in units of 5; thus when a nickelis discharged from coin tube 60 one 5-unit will be caused to beregistered upon the money counter F, and when a dime is discharged fromtube 60, two 55- units will be caused to be registered upon the counter.When the registration of a coin is completed, drop plate 69 upon whichthe coins rest during the registering operation, after the same havebeen pushed out of the coin tubes, is moved to the position showninFigs. 1 and 2, and the coins fall into money box A to which theconductor may have access for the purpose of making change. The dropplate is normally held in raised position, closing the discharge openingbetween the coin tubes, by tension of spring 70, and is moved to thelower position to drop coins from the plate by action of cam 71, incontact with arm 72 which forms an integral part of shaft 7 3 to whichdrop plate 69 is secured.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from theforegoing description and it will be apparent that I have provided aseparator for coin and ticket fares comprising a device in the form ofan apertured plate to receive mixed coins and tickets, the apertures ofsaid device being of such a character and so arranged that the coinswill pass through the same but the tickets will not pass through thesame. Further, the arrangement is such that under ordinary circumstancesthe coins will pass through the openings by gravity. Cooperating withthe apertured plate is a second device which is positively actuated toengage the tickets on the first device and remove the same therefrom.This device is, in the present instance, shown as arranged within thefirst-mentioned device and adapted to have coins and tickets depositedtherein, and is provided with apertures through which the coins maypass, the apertures in the two devices being so arranged that when themovable device is in one position the apertures in the two devices willregister. It will be obvious, however, that the movable device may be ofany suitable character which will enable it to engage and remove thetickets from the first-mentioned apertured device and that it need notbe of the construction here shown. It will further be apparent that theshape of the first-mentioned apertured device may vary from that hereshown, and that the number of apertures employed therein will varyaccording to the shape and character of the separating device, it beingonly necessary that there should be an opening, or openings, so arrangedas to permit the coins to pass through the same. Therefore, while I haveshown and described one embodiment of my invention I wish it to beunderstood that I do not desire to be limited to the details thereof asvarious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, a common receiving box for the fares having means todeliver the same into the separator; said separator comprising anapertured, fixed part and an apertured part operable to admit fares fromthe receiving box to the separator and coacting with said fixed part tocause coins to pass through the apertures in said parts and to removetickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

2. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, and a common receiving box for the fares having meansto deliver the same to the separator; said separator comprising anapertured, fixed part and a part operable to receive fares from said boxand coacting with said fixed part to cause the coins to pass through theapertures thereof, and to remove tickets from the separator; and meansto operate said machine.

3. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, and means to deliver fares thereto; said separatorcomprising an apertured, fixed part, and an operable part'toreceive the100 fares from said delivering means and coacting with said fixed partto cause coins to pass through the apertures therein, and to removetickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

4. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, and a device having araised and a lowered position toreceive and deliver fares thereto; said separator comprising anapertured, 110 fixed part and an operable part to receive the fares fromsaid device and coacting with said fixed part to cause coins to passthrough the apertures therein and to remove tickets from the separator;and means to operate 115 said machine.

5. In a machine of the character described;

a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, and an intermittently,operable device to deliver fares thereto; said separator compris- 120ing an apertured, fixed part and an operable part to receive the faresfrom said device and coacting with said fixed part to cause the coins topass through the apertures therein and to remove tickets from the sepa-125 rator; and means to operate said machine.

6. In amachine of the character described;

a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares, comprising an apertured,fixed part and an apertured, operable part coacting therewith 130 tocause coins to pass through the apertures of said parts and to removetickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

7 Inamachine of the character described; a separator for mixed coin andticket fares, comprising an apertured, fixed part and an aperturedrotatable part coacting therewith to cause coins to pass through theapertures of said parts and to remove tickets from the separator; andmeans to operate said machine.

8. In amachine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, fixed part and a rotatablepart coacting therewith to cause coins to pass through the aperturestherein and to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operatesaid machine.

9. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, concaved part and anapertured, convexed part coacting therewith to cause coins to passthrough the apertures in said parts and to remove tickets from theseparator; and means to operate said machine.

10. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, concaved part and arotatable, convexed part coacting therewith to cause coins to passthrough the apertures therein and to remove tickets from the separator;and means to operate said machine.

11. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, concaved part and anoperable, convexed part coacting therewith to cause coins to passthrough the apertures therein and to remove tickets from the separator;and means to operate said machine.

12. Ina machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed part having an apertured, concavedwall and an operable part having an apertured, convexed wall coactingwith the wall of said fixed part to cause coins to pass through theapertures in said walls and to remove tickets from the separator; andmeans to operate said machine.

13. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed part having an apertured, concavedwall, and an operable part having a convexed wall coacting with theconcaved wall to cause coins to pass through the apertures therein andto remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate said machine.

14;. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured concaved part and anapertured, convexed part operable within the concavity thereof andcoacting therewith to cause coins to pass through the apertures of saidparts and to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operatesaid machine.

15. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured concaved part and a convexedpart operable within the concavity thereof and coacting therewith tocause coins to pass through the apertures therein and to remove ticketsfrom the separator; and means to operate said machine.

16. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, c011- caved part and a partoperable within the concavity thereof and coacting therewith to causecoins to pass through the apertures therein and to remove tickets fromthe separator; and means to operate said machine.

17. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed, concaved part and an operable,convexed part coacting therewith to separate the coins and tickets; andmeans to operate said machine.

18. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed, concaved part and a part operablewithin the concavity thereof and coacting therewith to separate saidfares; and means to operate said machine.

19. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed, concaved part having an apertured,ribbed wall, and an operable, convexed part having teeth coacting withsaid ribbed wall to cause coins to pass through the apertures thereinand to remove tickets from the separator; and means to operate saidmachine.

20. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising an apertured, concaved part and anapertured, convexed part having a plurality of positions relative to thefirst-mentioned part, being adapted in one of said positions to receivethe fares and to coact with the fixed part to cause coins to passthrough said apertures, and in another of said positions to delivertickets into the concavity of said fixed part and subsequently to coacttherewith to remove said tickets from the separator; and means tooperate said machine.

21. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a fixed, apertured part, and a part havinga plurality of positions relative thereto, and adapted in one positionto admit fares into the separator and to coact with said fixed part tocause coins to pass through the apertures therein, and in anotherposition to deliver. tickets to said fixed part and subsequently tocoact therewith to remove the tickets therefrom; and means to operatesaid machine.

22. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixedfares, comprising a fixed part and a part having a plurality ofpositions relative thereto, and adapted in one position to admit faresto the separator and in another position to coact with the fixed part toseparate said fares; and means to operate said machine.

23. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares comprising a concave part having apertures to permit thepassage of coins, and a part movable over the concave surface of thefirst-mentioned part to remove tickets therefrom.

24. In a machine of the character clescribed a separator for coin andticket fares comprising a'fixed concave part having apertures to permitthe passage of coins, and a part movable over the concave surface ofsaid fixed part to remove tickets therefrom.

25. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares comprising a substantially semicircular part havingapertures to permit the passage of coins, and a second part mounted onthe axis of said semi-circular part and cooperating therewith to causetickets to be discharged therefrom.

26. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares comprising a fixed substantially semicircular part havingapertures to permit the passage of coins, and a second part rotatableabout the axis of said semicircular part and cooperating therewith tocause tickets to be discharged therefrom.

27. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares comprising two substantially semicircular members mountedon a common axis and of different diameters, said members havingapertures to permit the passage of coins, and means for causing one ofsaid members to rotate about said axis independently of the othermember.

28. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a part having an apertured, fixed surface,and a part having a movable surface coacting with said fixed surface tocause coins to pass through the apertures therein and to remove ticketstherefrom; and means to operate said machine.

29. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, and a device to deliver fares thereto; said separatorcomprising a part having an apertured, fixed surface and a part coactingwith said device to admit fares into the separator and having a movablesurface coacting with said fixed surface to cause coins to pass throughthe apertures therein and to remove tickets therefrom; and means tooperate said machine.

30. In a machine of the character described; a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, and an intermittently, operable device to deliverfares thereto; said separator comprising a part having an apertured,fixed surface, and a part coacting with said device to admit said faresinto the separator and having a movable surface coacting with said fixedsurface to cause coins to pass through the aperturestherein and toremove tickets therefrom; and means to operate said machine.

31. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket I fares having an apertured part through which coins may passand which will intercept tickets, and a rotatable device to removetickets from said apertured part. 7

32. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares having an apertured part through which coins may passand which will intercept tickets, and a rotatable toothed device toremove tickets from said apertured part.

33. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares comprising an apertured part arranged to permit coins topass through the same by gravity and to prevent the passage of tickets,and a positively operated part to engage tickets on the first-mentionedpart and remove the same therefrom.

34. In a machine of the character described, a separator for coin andticket fares, comprising a device having an aperture to permit thepassage of coins. and so shaped that coins will be directed toward saidaperture by gravity, and means to remove the tickets from said part.

35.. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares comprising a housing having an aperture through whichcoins may pass, and an operable toothed device to remove ticketstherefrom. e

36. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares having means to permit coins to pass therefrom bygravity, and a rotatable toothed device to remove tickets therefrom.

37. In a machine of the character described, a separator for fares,having single means to receive mixed coins and tickets, a plurality ofmeans to permit the coins to pass from the separator, and a rotatabletoothed device to remove tickets therefrom.

38. In a machine of the character described, a separator for miXed coinand ticket fares having an apertured part through Which coins may passand which will intercept tickets, and an operable de vice having teethto remove the tickets from said apertured part.

39. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a grooved part having an aperture throughwhich coins may pass, and an operable part coacting with the groovedpart to discharge the tickets from the first-mentioned part.

40. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprising a part having a plurality of grooves andprovided with apertures through Which coins may pass, and a plurality ofdevices coacting with said grooves to discharge tickets from said part.

41. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed coinand ticket fares, comprisinga housing having a plurality of grooves andprovided with apertures through which coins may pass from the housing,and a plurality of teeth extending into said grooves and coactingtherewith to remove the tickets from the housing.

DAVID B. WHISTLER.

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